Program Overview

OHSU Interventional Pulmonary (IP) Fellowship is designed to provide fellows with in-depth training within a high-volume referral center. OHSU is the only academic medical center in the state of Oregon and is a regional referral center offering a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within a well-established multidisciplinary approach to care. 

Our program strives to provide compassionate, patient-centered, and evidence-based care to medically complex patients in a supportive and respectful environment. In addition to developing strong procedural skills, OHSU’s Interventional Pulmonary fellows work as part of a multidisciplinary team including thoracic surgery, otolaryngology, radiation and medical oncology, and others to provide comprehensive care for patients with cancer and other complex medical conditions. Fellows will graduate with expertise in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, scholarly and educational acumen, and a foundation for adapting practice as technologies change and develop. OHSU’s IP fellowship program is tailored to each fellow’s learning style and career goals, ensuring graduates are prepared to enter any practice environment. As the first Interventional Pulmonary fellowship training program in the Pacific Northwest, we strive to serve as a model for programs across the region and the country through compassion, integrity, inclusion, respect, collaboration, and adaptability.

Fellowship Curriculum

Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy

The fellow will master advanced diagnostic procedures through complex EBUS and robotic navigational bronchoscopy cases at a high-volume center.

The fellow will become an expert teacher in basic EBUS and robotic navigational bronchoscopy.

The fellow will master intricacies of staging and diagnosis through collaboration with thoracic surgery, ENT, medical oncology, radiation oncology.

Complex Airway Interventions for nonmalignant and malignant airway disease

The fellow will master therapeutic modalities including rigid bronchoscopy, balloon dilation, airway stenting with SEMS and silicone stents, thermal ablative therapies, electrocautery, contact cryotherapy, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction.

Pleural Disease

The fellow will master complex pleural procedures including complex image guided thoracentesis and pigtail chest tubes, diagnostic medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy, tunneled pleural catheters and management of patients with complex pleural disease. The fellow will become an expert teacher in pleural procedures and management of pleural disease.

Outpatient Clinic

The fellow will have their own Interventional Pulmonary clinic, supervised by an IP attending and will participate in outpatient evaluation of all spectrum of airway and pleural disease.

Multidisciplinary Care

The fellow will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary thoracic oncology team, the complex airway team, and will participate in cross-discipline case reviews and conferences. 

Research

The fellow will be encouraged to participate in at least one scholarly activity which may include case reports, posters, or original research based on each individual’s interest. 

OHSU IP faculty participate in various clinical research projects, exposing the fellow to research trial design, implementation, and reporting.

Education

The fellow will be an education leader within the OHSU system, participating in daily bedside/procedural and simulation teaching for PCCM fellows, didactic teaching for PCCM fellows and IP didactic sessions, and moderating IP journal clubs. 

VA Faculty

Christopher Chang, MD - VA Site Coordinator

Lakshmi Mudambi, MD - VA IP Faculty